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Geography of the Gough Island (also Gonçalo Álvares or mistakenly Diego Alvarez), consists of the remote, rugged terrain of the isolated island, which is situated between the tip of South Africa and South America. Gough Island is about southeast of the other islands in the Tristan da Cunha group, from Cape Town, and over east of the nearest point of South America. The island is roughly rectangular with a length of and a width of . It has an area of and rises to heights of over above sea level.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gough Island )〕 A meteorological station, manned by seven members of the South African National Antarctic programme (SANAP), has operated at Glen since 1963. ==Physical geography== One of the remotest islands in the world, Gough Island is in the South Atlantic Ocean. While the central part of the island is a plateau, the western part has a highland with the highest peaks and cliffs rising to . Glens cut deep into the inland from the northern and eastern sides.〔 Geological formations on the island are of volcanic origin.〔 Topographic features include its highest peak, Edinburgh Peak (), as well as Hags Tooth, Mount Rowett, Sea Elephant Bay, Quest Bay, and Hawkins Bay.〔〔 Surrounding Gough are small satellite islands and rocks, such as Southwest Island, Saddle Island (to the South), Tristiana Rock, Isolda Rock (West), Round Island, Cone Island, Lot's Wife, Church Rock (North), Penguin Island (Northeast), and The Admirals (East).〔 The average temperature is while the average rainfall is . Snow occurs in the highlands. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geography of Gough Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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